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Guilt Through Condemnation

Tuesday April 5, 2016

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.  (Romans 8:1 NLT)

When we accept Jesus’ death as payment for our sins, we are freed from all condemnation.  However, when we permit our thoughts to be controlled by any power other than the Holy Spirit, we give permission to that power to accuse us of our past misdeeds and fill us with endless guilt.  Condemning thoughts flood our minds such as, “You will never really be free from those sins. You will never really be what God wants you to be. God is deeply disappointed in you. How long can you expect Him to put up with you?” These assaults are vicious accusations from the devil who seeks only to destroy us.


 So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God. When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit. (Romans 7:4-6 NLT)

We need to encourage ourselves with the truth of God’s word rather than allow feelings of inadequacy and lingering guilt to control us.  We must control our thoughts and bring them in line with God’s truth. As we accept and tell ourselves that we are forgiven by God, united with Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we will grow in our faith and produce a harvest of good deeds for God.  We seek progress each day, not perfection.  Slogans such as, “let go and let God” remind us that God seeks a heart that is surrendered to Him, rather than self-willed, guilt-ridden effort to do the right thing.

Jesus prayed for us who would believe in Him, “Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth”.  (John 17:17 NLT)

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